For some reason the wife wanted very light colored carpet in a high traffic area. After we went through the winter season it looked horrible. As I knew this would be a recurring issue and reading other reviews I chose to buy a carpet cleaner to tackle this issue. I was very pleased about how simple this was to set up and use. I thought it did a very good job of getting most of the embedded dirt out after a few passes of deep cleaning. Just go very slow when spraying the cleaner for the really dirty spots. I found tackling the spot several times from different angles really helped. I would say this was worth the money both for how well it worked and how simple it was to set up and use.

Replaced an older, very heavy Hoover model of 10 years. This one exact same design but improved being able to clean out when finished using. Much lighter. Had great suction, power scrubbing and easy to put together out of box. You will get furry balls during scrubbing but I prefer that knowing the pet hair has been lifted out and cleaning the carpet. Vacuum or pick these up after carpet dries. Watch for sale pricing to increase your cost value. Shipped to my door.

Great quality machine, easy to clean out after and not too heavy. I used on all my carpets and areas rugs. The first machine we ordered was defective so we had to send back, detergent leaked out all over the carpet… then we couldn’t remove the handle to store it and send back in the box, not sure if the handle can be ever be removed.

We are extremely pleased with the new Hoover PowerScrub XL Pet carpet cleaner. We initially purchased a similar model named the same way at Wal-Mart. However, the Wal-Mart model (ending in 01) was not the same model as this one (ending in 02). They look identical with similar features, but they were not. The Wal-Mart model does not have a separate solution bottle, the extra attachment for the hose or the bag for the hose and tools. The Wal-Mart model was about $40 cheaper, but not worth the difference for the features and additional attachments and storage bag. I did notice this until I put it together and was a deal breaker. I ordered it online and returned the unit to the store for full credit the next day without any hassle from Wal-Mart.We have an older rug in one our bedrooms that was very soiled from years of use and had a lot of stains. We thought we would have to replace the rug. Since this was a good quality rug, we decided to buy this rug cleaner to see if we could clean it. We just used it and it worked GREAT. After several passes, it took out most of the stains and now the rug is acceptable. We will go back and use the scrub rush tomorrow to get the stubborn stains out.After looking at numerous reviews, we chose the Hoover PowerScrub for the features it had as follows:1) Separate Solution Bottle2) Removeable rotating scrub brush for cleaning or can be replaced3) Large water tanks for clean and dirty water (no leaks like many have complained about)4) Does not use as much water as Bissel units5) Wider than most other models6) Light weight & easy push and pull7) Nice accessories with hose and scrub brushes & storage bag8) Powerful 10 amp motor (other cleaners have 6-7 amp motors)9) Separate trigger to release solution (Hoover PowerWash is automatic and you cannot control release of solution)10) Reasonable price & great reviewsWe couldn't be happier with the choice we made and hope this Hoover Carpet Cleaner will hold up for years of use.

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I looked at this item and it seemed to do everything I wanted, except work in Australia. There was no warning or information that it was not suitable for overseas use, so I purchased it. When I tried to use it the first time it tripped all the circuit breakers in my home. I was advised to return it, at a cost of over $200 postage!! Will not be buying mains powered electrical devices through Amazon ever again. Totally unsatisfactory that they ship items to countries which are not compatible with their appliances, then expect the consumer to foot the bill for returning the item.

Overall a great unit, it well exceeded my expectations for getting dirt out, and I recommend.Setup was fairly easy but I had difficulty priming the water/cleaning fluid the first time and had to tilt the machine sideways before feeder tubes filled.A lot of water went into the carpet very light use of the applicator trigger is recommended until used to the machine. I took several pickup passes to get to just a damp to touch.A carpet that is cleaned regularly gave up a lot of dirt - I was really pleased with the final result.The hand units do good jobs on couches, cushions, and mattresses.Everything on this unit is plastic, bangs and bumps should be avoided. Cleanup takes a while and is necessary, there are a lot of corners in the tank and around the cleaning head. This will get soured really fast if not kept clean.

I dithered between this version (XL Pet), the cheaper Powerscrub XL versions and a couple pretty compelling Bissell products in same price range. Hoover seems to deliberately obfuscate which features are in each model or they have no clue what is important to customers but after returning a much cheaper version of the Powerscrub line that ended up not having a feature I value that the more expensive models have I settled on the XL Pet vs the more powerful Bissells because of separate soap container and relatively large recovery tank on the Hoover vs Bissell. After going through 3 full tanks here are my pros/cons:Pro:- I do like the relatively big recovery tank which is consistently full just prior to clean tank being empty. Clean tank holds 4.25 qts. Recovery tank 3.25 qts. In my 3 refills there were 1 to 1.5 pints remaining in clean tank when rectory tank became full. This was on the “deep clean” setting.- carpet was dry on top in half an hour but more like 60-90 minutes to become dry. This at 40% humidity and ceiling fans running at 3/4 speed.- suction seems strong enough. It certainly pulled a whole lot of grit and grime out of carpet that is regularly vacuumed with high quality vacuum cleaner in a home that doesn’t allow shoes indoors. It leaves about 3/4 qts solution behind for every 4 qts applied.- I strongly wanted a model with soap solution separate from clean water tank but as far as I can tell, to do a rinse only pass you must remove the little cleaner tank. Not a big deal to do. After 25 years of cleaning up pet and kid messes I’ve never felt the need for a rinse pass but I love the idea of easily doing such a pass.- ergonomics are okay. Considering it has about 8 lbs of liquid aboard I’d say it is moderate in total weight and the suction force/brushes provide noticeable resistance to overcome. After a couple hours of using it I was ready for a break (but I’m nearly 70 years old).- pretty easy to clean the machine after use but I don’t have long haired pets. I do like the vertical brush system except that carpet fibers need to be combed out of the brushes- an old toothbrush works pretty well for that.- it uses 3 plus ounces of solution per tank of water when set to “deep clean”. Hard to say exactly because I only had the 6 oz sample that came with the machine and didn’t realize until after the 3rd tank that it doesn’t use the last 2 ozs of cleaner in the cleaning solution tank. I suspect is closer to 4 ozs than 3 on deep clean setting. Cleaner tank holds about 12 ozs of solution.- it isn’t quiet but I never felt need to wear hearing protection. After the second tank it developed a high pitched whine that I’m assuming is due to my not getting a tank perfectly seated.Con:- I’ve never owned Hoover in the past but everything about Hoover from the product descriptions to the manual/directions to the website to the machine itself screams lack of customer focus. Not unhappy with the machine but I have serious doubts about what kind of support I’ll get if something goes wrong.- there are plenty of reviews mentioning leaks and I can see why. I haven’t experienced a leakage problem but you do have to be attentive when installing any of the tanks. They aren’t bad but aren’t great to get aligned and snapped properly into place.- the directions are borderline bad and the single sheet paper directions give you a URL for additional help but reality is it sends you to oblivion courtesy of the Hoover website. There is so much more to doing a decent job of carpet cleaning than just pushing the cleaner back and forth across the carpet but Hoover is strangely silent on the topic.Random thoughts:- I’ve had a Bissell spot cleaner for 25 years that has served us well but needs a simple gasket that Bissell no longer supports. This is my first push model and I nearly purchased a model that automatically applied solution (I.e. no trigger to manage). Now with only a few hours of experience I’m very sure the automatic models are a very bad idea! You very much want control of how much and when solution is applied.- I do like the single row of vertical brushes this model has. The brushes turn off when handle is latched fully vertical so they don’t wreck your carpet while using the hose and spot clean attachments. The brushes also power down under heavy load which I think I like again from perspective of damage. Brushes have the ability to float up and down automatically and I’m thinking that you really don’t want aggressive scrub action. My carpet is pretty short but relatively dense if that matters for this review.- the difference in price between pet and non-pet versions was very small so I bought the pet version however the pet focused attachment is completely worthless. The basic (non pet) attachment works pretty well.- accessory hose fluid supply line requires priming and buried in the directions is a comment and directions on how to do it.- recovery tank full indicator is very effective with a loud “pop” noise, visual confirmation and immediate loss of suction.- we have a lot of carpet and while one could conceivably do entire house with this machine it isn’t really designed for that and would be punishing physically. It’s more for periodic touch up of heavily trafficked areas and cleaning up after pets and kids. My Bissell spot cleaner works really well on messes but I have to say this machine is very much easier and quicker on floor messes though about twice as expensive as a good spot cleaner. Carpet cleaning services around here are shockingly expensive and when I decide to tackle all the carpets I think commercial rental machines are the only way to go. They seem to rent for about $40 per day around here, likely will be Hoover or Bissell commercial models and cost for 128ozs of Hoover general cleaning solution from Amazon is a bit over $20.

Excellent product and it really does the job